India, March 26 -- At least 10 passengers were charred to death and several others sustained injuries when a lorry rammed into a private passenger bus which they were travelling in, triggering a massive fire that engulfed both vehicles in Andhra Pradesh's Markapuram district on Thursday morning, police said.

The accident occurred near Rayavaram village between 6:00am and 6:30am, according to preliminary information gathered by the police.

A statement from the chief minister's office said the private bus, belonging to Harikrishna Travels, was travelling from Nirmal in Telangana to Nellore district when the accident took place.

A senior police official from Markapuram, who rushed to the accident spot on receiving information, said prelim...